Improvement in freight-chutes



W. C. CROMPTON, J. NICOL & R. HAWLEY, Jr.

FREIGHT-CHUTES.

No. 195,489. Patented Sept.25.1877.

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WILLIAM G. OROMPTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., JAMES NIOOL, OF NEWARK, ANDRICHARD HAWLEY, JR., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRElGHT-CHUTES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,489, datedSeptember 25, 1877; application filed August 24, 1877.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM 0. 01mm- TON, of the city, county, andState of New York, JAMES NIOOL, of Newark, county of Essex and State ofNew Jersey, and RICHARD HAWLEY, J r., of Jersey City, county of Hudsonand State, of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inFreight- Ghutes, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a front view of our improved freight-chute; and Fig. 2 alongitudinal section of the same, taken through the line a: at, Fig. 1.

. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

. The object of this invention is to furnish a chute for lowering cheeseand other freight in loading vessels, in warehouses, and in otherplaces, in such a way that it will not be injured, and which shall besimple in construction and convenient and reliable in use.

The invention consists in an improved freight'chute tormed of the troughmade with a curved lower end, the cross-bars, the inclined spring,guide-bars, and the front guardbar, as hereinafter fully described.

In the drawing, A represents the trough of the chute, which is made witha close, smooth bottom, and with close sides, and is strengthened withcross-strips B attached to the upper edges of its sides. At the lowerend of the chute its bottom is curved forward, so as to guide thearticles passing down through it into proper position to pass out uponthe deck, floor, or other surface, upon which the lower end of the saidchute rests. To the 'sides of the chute A are attached guide-bars 1other springs placed between them and the sides of the chute A, so thatthey may yield to allow the articles to pass, while at the same timethey ofl'er sufficient resistance to said articles to check or retardtheir descent, and prevent their acquiring too great a velocity andmomentum.

The chute may be set for use in a vertical position, or at any desiredinclination, as circumstances may require, and the articles may be keptfrom ranting forward, and thus falling, by a guard-bar, D, attached tothe inner sides of the centers of the cross-bars B. The guard D shouldnot extend quite to the bottom of the chute, but space should be leftfor the articles to pass out beneath its lower end. The sides and bottomof the chute may be made of slats or bars, and the cross-bars B andguard-bar D may be omitted in some cases; therefore, we do not confineourselves to the exact construction herein shown and described.

Having thus fully described our improvement, we claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent- An improved freight-chute formed of thetrough A, made with a curved lower end, the cross-bars B, the inclinedspring guide-bars G, and the front guard-bar D, substantially as hereinshown and described.

WILLIAM G. UROMPTON. JAMES NIUOL. RICHARD HAWLEY, JR.

Witnesses to signature of Wm. O. Grompton:

ALFRED LURCOTT, ALEX. F. RoBEETs.

Witnesses to the signatures of James Nicol and Richard Hawley, Jr.:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, FRANK BLOOKLEY.

